SOLUTION: the everton college store paid 1870 for an order of 49 calculators.The store paid $10 for scientific calculators. The others,all graphing calculators cost the store $6 each. How ma

Question 438704: the everton college store paid 1870 for an order of 49 calculators.The store paid $10 for scientific calculators. The others,all graphing calculators cost the store $6 each. How many of each type of calculator was ordered?
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By inspection, we can tell immediately that there is no way they purchased only 49 calculators, if they spent $1,870. The more expensive calculator is $10. So if they spent $1,870, they could have bought 187 scientific calculators at $10 each.
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